Re: [Vala] class constructor not being called

[Albert Hopkins <marduk letterboxes org>]

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Jonas Kulla wrote:
[...]
> Hi,
>
> Your function 'noop()' is declared static, hence no instance is required
> to
> call it.
> Class constructors are called on the first construction of an instance,
> ie.
> when you do 'new MyClass();' .
>
> Jonas

I'm looking to create a static class (or whatever the correct way to to
this in vala).  Basically I need a class that will have all static data,
so I won't require to initialize the class.  It will have some static
methods and a HashMap.  I'm trying to initialize the HashMap.  I thought
a class/static constructor would do the trick.  Apparently this is not
the preferred method.  Do you know what is?

thanks,
-a